Building in China : Henry K. Murphy's "adaptive architecture," 1914-1935 /

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"Building in China is about striking an architectural balance between the pull of monumental tradition and the push of technological novelty. Centering on the dynamic period of post imperial and pre-Communist China, the book focuses on the builing and city planning initiatives of Henry Murphy,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cody, Jeffrey W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong : Chinese University Press : University of Washington Press, 2001.
Temas:
Murphy, Henry Killam, > 1877-1954.
Murphy, Henry Killam, > 1877-1954
Murphy, Henry Killam > 1877-1954
Murphy, Henry Killam, > 1877-1954 > Criticism and interpretation.
Murphy, Henry Killam, > (1877-1954)
Murphy, Henry Killam.
1900-1999
Architecture > China > History > 20th century.
Architecture, American > China.
Architecture > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Architecture américaine > Chine.
21.62 history of architecture.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > General.
Architecture
Architecture, American
Architektur
Bouwkunst.
Architecten.
Architecture, Modern > China. > 20th century.
Architects > United States > 20th century.
Architecture > Chine > 20e siècle.
Architectes américains > Chine.
Geschichte 1914-1935.
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Building in China is about striking an architectural balance between the pull of monumental tradition and the push of technological novelty. Centering on the dynamic period of post imperial and pre-Communist China, the book focuses on the builing and city planning initiatives of Henry Murphy, a little known American architect who initially ventured to China in 1914 to design a campus for the Yale-in-China program, but who then found himself captivated by a professional and cultural challenge that lasted two decades: how to preserve China's rich architectural traditions while also designing new buildings using up-to-date Western technologies
Murphy's buildings were compromises - "new wine in old bottles" as he once called them - and the book uses those "bottles" as lenses through which to understand not only Murphy's quest to find a middle ground for his architecture in China, but also to gaze at a tumultuous society facing an uncertain future. Murphy's buildings were more than vessels for either aesthetic visions or technical expertise; inadvertently they became political emblems, as Chinese rulers such as Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen's son called on Murphy for city planning advice to complement their hopes for urban reconstruction."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiv, 264 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-253) and index.
ISBN:9789882378742
9882378749

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